>Cetin,
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>you certainly illuminated the problem!!
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>Trying the add actually did create a connection object that returned the name (Document1).
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>That means the oDocument.GetObject("C;\My Documents\I247a.doc") is not really working as it should although it does return an object.
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>Tried oWord.Documents.open("C:\My Documents\I247a.doc") also and that doesn't work. So I'm stuck with a loading issue. Changed directories to avoid blank spaces (put it in a directory called "Downloads" and still no go. Can work on the document in word and save and everything but not load via automation. Wish you had a solution for that!!
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>Thanks,
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>Steve

I'm leaving now, can't reply long, I asked that because I basically suspected of the doc itself. Try with open but another document.

Cetin